Voting Dates and Deadlines

Applications must be mailed (postmarked) or received in person by this date

42 U.S.C. § 1973ff; Elec. Code §§ 300(b), 2102, 2107, 3102, 3206

Registering to vote

October 23 - 30, 2018

New citizen registration period

§§ 331, 3500

Conditional Voter Registration

October 23 - November 6, 2018

During the period of 14 days prior to Election Day through and including Election Day, an individual can go to the office of their county elections official to conditionally register to vote and vote a provisional ballot.

§§ 2170-2173

Voting by mail

October 8 - October 30, 2018

Vote by Mail Application

§ 3001, 3003

Voting by mail

Tuesday,

November 6, 2018

Before 8:00PM if dropping off in person or Before the post office closes if mailing.

All vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked by Election Day and received by 3 days after the election to be counted

§§ 3017, 3020, 14212

Election Day

Tuesday,

November 6, 2018

7:00 am to 8:00 pm

Polls are open from 7:00 am until 8:00 pm.

§14212

Voting by mail – postmark +3

November 9, 2018

Before

5:00 pm

All vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked by Election Day and received by 3 days after the election to be counted

§§ 3017, 3020, 14212

Voting by mail – 8 days to cure

November 14, 2018

Before

5:00 pm

All unsigned vote-by-mail ballots must receive a valid signature by this date to be counted.